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Fox Cancels ‘King of the Hill’

The propane salesman Hank Hill will retire soon, but the C.I.A. agent Stan Smith has at least one more season remaining. Fox confirmed on Friday that its animated sitcom “King of the Hill” would end its 13-year run next year. But “American Dad,” about an animated and alert Republican family man, has been renewed for a fifth season. Although “King of the Hill,” which was created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, has been on the brink of cancellation before, the series has been a reliable part of Fox’s Sunday night animation schedule since 1997. The show will reach the 250-episode mark in May, and the final episodes are likely to be shown next summer. The cancellation of “King of the Hill” may make room on the schedule for two new animated comedies at Fox: the classroom spoof “Sit Down, Shut Up” and the “Family Guy” spin-off “The Cleveland Show.” Those series are scheduled to be given their premieres in early 2009.